Late to the party, but here it goes. Warning: it's a long one. I was in a wedding a couple years ago. It was at a rustic barn venue. The venue itself was ok, but the bride decided she hated burlap. The decorations there were obviously burlap since it was a frickin barn! Another bridesmaid and I spent nearly an hour removing all burlap and replacing it with whatever crap decorations the bride made. The rest of the time I was running interference on the drunk groomsmen trying to keep them from destroying things. When the ceremony itself finally started, the groom's aunt took it upon herself to play wedding coordinator. She basically screamed at everyone and treated us like children. The guest outside could hear her yelling instructions! When the bride started walking with her dad she didn't have her flowers! The aunt forgot to get them and of course acted like it was the maid of honors fault even though they had been set on the table by the door. The officiant mumbled so badly I couldn't hear him. We couldn't find a pen for the marriage certificate. Finally the bride realized she didn't have her flowers (like 30 mins later) and basically demanded a do over so she could get pictures. I shut that down real quick. Other bridesmaid and I proceeded to get drunk and have a good time. Meanwhile, the photographer kept trying to get with the maid of honor who was his ex-girlfriend while she was trying to get with the best man who was so drunk/high that he kept trying to strip on the dance floor. Even the DJ was taking bets on who she was leaving with. The photographer made his assistant take most of the photos that night since he couldn't be bothered. He left an hour early because the ex rejected him. The bride got sick and changed out of her dress but forgot extra clothes so she had to wear a robe and stayed in the bridal room. She and the groom fought since he wanted to have fun and she wanted him to stay locked in the room with her. Guests started leaving early because the venue people started picking up tables and chairs an hour before our time was up and the bride was MIA. Finally, the couple didn't have a car because they wanted to drink. Their dd backed out so they called an uber to come to the middle of nowhere and bring them to their hotel. It took an hour for it to show up at midnight. We only had the venue until 11:30 (wedding was at 4) and had to remove decorations and clean ourselves. The other bridesmaid and I cleaned up with some help from a few guests while the bride cried and the maid of honor left with her mom. Best man was passed out on the porch outside. I had to bring all the decor and gifts home with me and the bride didn't pick them up for over a week. I didn't talk to her for a while after that. Other bridesmaid was pissed for a good while. We don't speak to the maid of honor anymore.